The populist backlash to globalisation should not have come as a surprise, in light of economic history and economic theory. However, the specific forms it took were less surprising, and are related to the forms in which globalisation shocks make themselves felt in society.

The rise of economic inequality is one of today’s most hotly debated issues. But a disconnect between the different data sets used to measure and understand inequality makes it hard to address important economic and policy questions.

The IMF has just released its self-evaluation of its Greek lending, in which it admits to many mistakes. Charles Wyplosz argues that the report misses one important error – reliance on the Debt Sustainability Analysis..